December 15, 2023

Mark Rothko at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, October 18, 2023 – April 2, 2024

“The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the first retrospective in France dedicated to Mark Rothko (1903-1970) since the exhibition held at the musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1999. The retrospective brings together some 115 works from the largest international institutional and private collections, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the artist’s family, and the Tate in London. Displayed chronologically across all of the Fondation’s spaces, the exhibition traces the artist’s entire career: from his earliest figurative paintings to the abstract works that he is most known for today.” — Fondation Louis Vuitton

“I became a painter because I wanted to raise painting to the level of poignancy of music and poetry.” — Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko, Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea, 1944. Oil on canvas. 191.1 x 215.9 cm. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko – Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Mark Rothko, No. 21, 1949. Oil on canvas. 238.8 x 135.6 cm. The Menil Collection, Houston. Acquired in honor of Alice and George Brown with support from Nancy Wellin and Louisa Sarofim © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko – Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Mark Rothko, Light Cloud, Dark Cloud, 1957. Oil on Canvas. 169.6 x 158.8 cm. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Museum purchase, The Benjamin J. Tillar Memorial Trust © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko – Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Mark Rothko, Black On Maroon, 1958. Oil on canvas. 266.7 x 365.7 cm. Tate, London. Presented by the artist through American Foundation of Arts, 1969 © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko – Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Mark Rothko, The Ochre (Ochre, Red on Red), 1954. Oil on canvas. 235.3 x 161.9 cm. The Phillips Collection, Washington DC. Acquired 1960 © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko – Adagp, Paris, 2023.
Mark Rothko, No. 14, 1960. Oil on canvas. 290.83 cm x 268.29 cm. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – Helen Crocker Russell Fund purchase © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko – Adagp, Paris, 2023.

The exhibition was curated by Suzanne Pagé and Christopher Rothko with François Michaud and Ludovic Delalande, Claudia Buizza, Magdalena Gemra, Cordélia de Brosses.

Images courtesy Fondation Louis Vuitton.